Gifted ch. 4 Are Enemies

“Products of the Mind?” I asked, purposely speaking without thinking, just he idea of Leleil reading my mind made me shiver, she was so creepy.

“Illusions, thoughts, memories, oh and my most powerful move, shutting off functions in the Brain…..Oh and I am not creepy.”Leleil said adding a second coat of black nail-polish to her ring finger.

“Sorry……”

“It’s cool. I was freaked out when it first happened to me. Totally confused everyone when I started answering questioned nobody asked out loud.”

“Who brought you here?”

“Lucifer.”

“Who’d ever name their child that?”

Leleil looked at me seriously. “It’s an alias. Once we leave our normal lives we can’t be who we once were. My given name is Brooke Lonvias, I love the Night and I always wanted to change my name. I have two aliases; Midnight Lee and Leleil Will.”

“Whoa. That’s cool. Hey, what’s—?”

Suddenly the door knob started to jiggle and then there was a boom.

“Lucifer, you’re turning it the wrong way again. Just Shadow-step through.”

A boy seemed to come out of the wall, beaming at Leleil, then once he saw me sitting on her bed with her. He suddenly stopped smiling. “Hey Lei, who’s the loser?”

“Lucifer! He is not a loser! He has a very cool power!” Leleil said defending me.

“Cooler than mine?” He spoke, shocked.

“I never said that!” Leleil cried.

“Lei, let me see your sketchbook.” Lucifer demanded.

“No.” she said quietly.

“Fine, I’ll just Shade him into the center of the Earth.”He threatened holding onto my shirt collar.

“No! Please!”Leleil sobbed, embracing me.

“Lei…….Who is this guy?”

“Dan Thomas.”

“No, his alias….And power.”

The two looked at me.

“Uh……Arzo Bell, uh…….color.”

“COLOR!? You left Me to Crayola over there!?”He shouted at Leleil.

My flesh went crimson, I was furious. “Leave her alone! Who are you to her anyway!? Her boyfriend? Brother?”

“I’m her—–Forget it, Crayola. I want you to know though…She’s mine. You can have Karen.”

“What are you talking about? I don’t like Karen! I don’t like anybody! This girl just kidnapped me! Romance is pointless!“I shouted at him.

Leleil hid her face in her pillow choking on her sobs. “Get out! Leo! Just…..Get out!”

Lucifer took a step back then turned on his heel and ran, once again through the wall. For long moments I sat on the plain white bed across the room from her. She cried for a long time. Then sat up.

“I’m so sorry, Da—Arzo?”

“My real mom……She was a writer…..Arzo was one of her favorite characters.”

“I sincerely apologize. I’m so sorry! Lucifer…He…”

“Don’t apologize, I stepped on his toes seeing is to how, ‘Your his’.”

“No. I’m not. He obsessed. He never leaves me alone. I’ve rejected him more times than I can remember.”

“Other than the loud part…He’s a pretty cool guy.”

“He was nice at first. Then when he brought me here he got all weird and he started checking up on me all the time. If I even try to sketch something that he doesn’t like he tears it up…The only reason I don’t just erase me from his mind is…..I owe him…..He did something for me….He helped me escape my foster parents. I never met my real ones.”

“You owe him nothing. If anything, he owes you. Think of all the memories, the art, your chances to meet your parents, he ruined it all. As long as I’m around I won’t let him do anything to harm you.”

Leleil smiled at me, not her wicked playful smile, but a happy thankful smile. She ran across the room and hugged me tightly, weeping.

My skin changed to a deep purple.

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Later, after Leleil had stopped crying. She started helping me decorate my side of the room. We took all the furniture out and stored it in a spare room next door to ours.

“Now the fun part.” Leliel said lifting several large buckets of paint.”What’s your favorite color?”

“I like them all.” I said smiling at her, she could read my mind, she already knew what I wanted to do.

We both picked up a gigantic bucket of paint and threw it at the wall, we tore up the white carpeting, and waxed the hard wood floor. We threw out my white sheets that were on my bed that we had used as coverage for the floor while we were painting and Leleil and I lifted my bed back into the room. Leleil picked up her cellphone. She hit the speed dial and started talking.

“Hey, Griffon. Can you make a run to the store for me?……That really cool bedset that we saw………….Yeah. Oh wait, no. I have snacks don’t worry…. I just need the bedset……..uh, twin sized….Yeah……Thanks……….Oh, no one told you? We have a new student……….Yeah he’s my roommate……..’Kay……see ‘ya….Bye.” She said into the phone.

“Oo wa zat?” I said through a mouth full of potato chips, tossing a soda to Leleil.

“Thanks. Griffon, one of my friends, don’t worry, he’s nothing like Lucifer.”

“At’s ool.”

“Dan, swallow.”

“Sorry. Hey. You call me Dan…I get to call you Brooke.”

“Fine. Arzo. Just remember to chew.”

“Oh ha ha ha.”

“Ya know what? I like you kid. You remind me of myself my first couple days here. You may just be converted to rebel.” She said with a smile.

“Oh ho, I don’t think so.”

She cupped her hand over her mouth to make it sound scary. “Join the Dark side, we have skittles.” She threw green one and I caught it in my mouth. The door opened.

“Hey hey hey. I see skittles.” said a red headed boy with glasses carrying a bag.

“Sorry, the rainbow must go to the rainbow.” Leleil said laughing. “But the legend get’s Oreos.” She tossed a bag of cookies at the redhead.

“I shalt never doubt the Snack-keeper.”He said.

“Now….we need to make your bed.” The red head took out two sheets, a comforter, and a pillow, all rainbow tie-dyed. We made my bed quickly.

Leleil tossed another skittle at my head, it hit my forehead and bounced off, the boy caught it in his mouth.”Rebound.”

Leleil laughed out loud. “Da–Arzo this is my friend Griffon. Griffon, Arzo.”

“Nice ta meet cha.” Griffon said, chewing on my skittle.

“Likewise.” I said, this time catching a pink one in my mouth.

“So was ya powa?”

“What?”

“Swallow, Griffon.” Leleil said.

“Sorry. What’s your power?”

“Color.”

“I’m gonna call you Roseart then.” He said taking a large bite out of his Oreo.

Leleil bust into the conversation. “Okay guys. Serious time. I think Karen is scheming again. She used her full power on Arzo when we were recruiting him two days ago.”

I choked on my potato chips. “TWO DAYS AGO!? How long was I asleep?”

“A while. I told you, she used her full power.”

“We’re not allowed to use our full power at school, because most of the time, our full power is deadly.”Griffon explained.

“I can turn off functions in the brain, Griffon can rewrite history, and Karen……Karen can make you her slave, she manipulates your physical body.”

“She’s a witch.”Griffon added.

“Lisa McDarce, alias Karen White. Can not be trusted.

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Yay! More concept art! Today is Charlie’s girlfriend Andrea!